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Owl with spectacles beside a burning candle
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Owl with spectacles beside a burning candle

Monogrammist FO · 1548 · houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Illustration of the proverb 'What good are a candle or spectacles, if the owl does not see and will'.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printeyeglasses, spectaclesproverbs, sayings, etc.candleowls
Credit lineUil met een bril naast een brandende kaars. 1548. Monogrammist FO. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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